Motion Control of a 2-link Revolute Manipulator in an Obstacle-Ridden Workspace

In this paper, we propose a solution to the motion control problem of a 2-link revolute manipulator arm. We require the end-effector of the arm to move safely to its designated target in a priori known workspace cluttered with fixed circular obstacles of arbitrary position and sizes. Firstly a unique velocity algorithm is used to move the end-effector to its target. Secondly, for obstacle avoidance a turning angle is designed, which when incorporated into the control laws ensures that the entire robot arm avoids any number of fixed obstacles along its path enroute the target. The control laws proposed in this paper also ensure that the equilibrium point of the system is asymptotically stable. Computer simulations of the proposed technique are presented.

Authors:

• Avinesh Prasad
• Bibhya Sharma
• Jito Vanualailai

Keywords:

• 2-link revolute manipulator
• motion control
• obstacle avoidance
• asymptotic stability.

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